Our Common Mission (2 Corinthians 2:14-17)
This week at Grace, we're going to take a short break from our series in Mark to hear from the new executive director of Encompass, our denomination's mission organization, as he preaches from 2 Corinthians on our partnership in the mission of Jesus Christ.
Mike Yoder has served as a missionary and a pastor and is now taking the baton of leading Encompass. He's a bright guy and a good leader, and I really wanted you all to hear from him about our network of churches' commitment to bring the gospel to the least-reached people in the world.
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 (NIV)